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Tis the season for the festive ad rollout

Tis the season for the festive ad rollout

Written by Kianna Best on Nov 5, 2024. Posted in Awards and Festivals

As the spooky Halloween weekend came to a close, brands began to unveil their much anticipated Christmas commercials. Just in time for Mariah Carey’s annual defrosting, familiar characters such as TK Maxx’s farm yard fashionistas and Aldi’s Kevin the Carrot returned to our homes for the holidays.

Paul Mescal armours up for Gladiator 2

Paul Mescal armours up for Gladiator 2

Written by Kianna Best on Oct 30, 2024. Posted in Awards and Festivals

If you were not entertained for the first flick, Paul Mescal steps into the Colosseum for the upcoming Gladiator 2. Marking director Ridley Scott’s return to the franchise, the sequel sees Mescal play Lucius, the son of Maximus, who works his way up to gladiator to avenge his family and seek revenge against the Romans. The cast also includes Denzel Washington, Joseph Quinn and Pedro Pascal. Gladiator 2 will be released in UK theatres on 15 November.

BFI LFF announces winners for 2024 edition

BFI LFF announces winners for 2024 edition

Written by Kianna Best on Oct 21, 2024. Posted in Awards and Festivals

After an exciting 11 days of screenings, networking and informative panel talks, the 2024 BFI London Film Festival has come to a close. To conclude the festivities, the winners of this year’s LFF Awards. The winning films touched on all elements of filmmaking from stop-motion animation to powerful documentary formats.

CICLOPE 2024 announces winners

CICLOPE 2024 announces winners

Written by Kianna Best on Oct 11, 2024. Posted in Awards and Festivals

The winners for CICLOPE 2024 have been announced. Marking the biggest festival to date, CICLOPE gathered at the prestigious Konzertsaal der UdK to award the top performers in craft and creativity. Grand Prix winners selected include talents from across the global creative industry including NOMINT, Iconoclast, The Youth, Ogilvy and more.

CICLOPE kicks off

CICLOPE kicks off

Written by Kianna Best on Oct 8, 2024. Posted in Awards and Festivals

Today marks the start of CICLOPE Festival 2024. The festival centred around craft across commercial, music videos and short films, will take place from 8-10 October in Berlin. This year’s festival will welcome a slate of esteemed speakers including Stink president Daniel Bergman, Barking Owl’s managing director Carol Dunn, writer, actor, producer and director Sharon Horgan, and many more. The three day event will conclude with the announcement of the CICLOPE Awards on 10 October.

Advertorial: Madrid promotes Ibero-American co-productions

Advertorial: Madrid promotes Ibero-American co-productions

Written by The Location Guide on Oct 8, 2024. Posted in Awards and Festivals / General Interest

Last week the fourth edition of Iberseries & Platino Industria (I&PI) took place in Madrid. The event, sponsored by Madrid Film Office, the audiovisual office of the Madrid City Council, once again turned the city into the global epicentre of Spanish and Portuguese speaking film and audiovisual production. More than 980 companies and 2,000 professionals from nearly 50 Ibero-American countries have met to promote synergies between different industries and stimulate the development of new projects and co-productions of series and films.

The Hot House 2024 writers’ lab announces winners

The Hot House 2024 writers’ lab announces winners

Written by Kianna Best on Oct 7, 2024. Posted in Awards and Festivals

Six winners have been announced for The Hot House 2024 writers’ lab through Climate Spring. The winning writers will have their original screenplays developed as well as receive GBP 1,000 each from Climate Spring and other high level editorial and industry support. The lab, in partnership with Film London and BBC Writers, will conclude with an industry showcase where the projects will be up for production deals and further development funding in collaboration with Climate Spring’s production company partners.

Kinsale Shark Awards announce 2024 shortlist

Kinsale Shark Awards announce 2024 shortlist

Written by Kianna Best on Oct 4, 2024. Posted in Awards and Festivals

After a week of judging at Kinsale last week by 38 judges, sitting across 7 different panels for advertising, digital, social and design, the Shark Awards have announced their shortlist for 2024. Creative projects by some of the world’s biggest agencies fall into 100 shortlisted positions. Winners will be revealed on 14 October and presented at the winners party in London on 24 October.

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